Complete Definition of "ejido"

English

Etymology
Mexican Spanish ejido#Spanish|ejido.

Pronunciation
IPA: /eɪ'hi:d��/

Noun
ejido

  1. a Mexican cooperative farm

#:*1994: They made camp in an oakgrove beside the river and built a fire and sat while the girl prepared their dinner out of the bounty they�d carried off from the ejido. � Cormac McCarthy?, The Crossing


Spanish

Etymology
From Latin exitus �departure� (ejidos are typically on the road out of a town or village), from past participle stem of exire �go out�, from ex- + ire �to go�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /e'xiðo/

Noun
ejido m

  1. a common; common land
  2. Mexico|lang=es a cooperative farm
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